The Indians, who had lost eight of nine previous games, used their appearance on national television as an occasion to defeat the Brewers, 1-0, in 12 innings. An unearned run decided the contest. John Lowenstein led off the Indians' 12th with a single. Larvell Blanks bunted and catcher Larry Haney, after fielding the ball, threw wildly to first. Lowenstein reached third on the error and scored when Fred Kendall hit a deep sacrifice fly to center field. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 1, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Saturday, April     30, 1977 (Day game) at County Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  9  0
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            6   0   1   0     0   2   .243      Joshua cf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Kuiper 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .269      Yount ss              5   0   1   0     0   2   .303
Norris rf,1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .320      Cooper 1b             4   0   0   0     1   1   .274
Grubb lf              3   0   1   0     2   0   .190      Money 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Carty dh              5   0   1   0     0   0   .224      Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .190
Bell 3b               5   0   0   0     0   0   .317      Lezcano rf            4   0   1   0     1   0   .210
Thornton 1b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .164      Quirk dh              3   0   0   0     1   2   .184
  Lowenstein ph,rf    2   1   1   0     0   1   .333        Heidemann ph,dh     0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Blanks ss             3   0   2   0     1   0   .227      Wohlford lf           1   0   0   0     1   0   .208
  Duffy pr,ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .114        Hegan ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Kendall c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .333        Brye lf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Moore c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .222
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McMullen ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Haney c             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                          Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   1   9   1     3   4             Totals               38   0   4   0     5   8

Time of Game: 3:16   Attendance: 12,324
Left on Base: Indians 9, Brewers 9
DP: Indians 1, Brewers 2
Errors: Haney
Triples: Bando (2)
Stolen Bases: Blanks (1), Lezcano (2), Yount (4)
Caught Stealing: Norris (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Norris (3), Blanks (1), Bando (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Kendall (1)
GIDP: Carty (2), Brye (1)
Hit by Pitch: Money (3,by Eckersley)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley W(2-1)       11     3   0   0   3   7   0  40   3.40
Kern                    0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.16
LaRoche SV(2)           1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3   6.59
Totals                 12     4   0   0   5   8   0  45

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton L(1-1)          11.1   9   1   0   3   4   0  45   1.65
McClure                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                 12     9   1   0   3   4   0  46

Hit by Pitch: Eckersley (2)

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy


INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (first to pitcher); Kuiper
grounded out (second to first); Norris flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Yount struck
out; Cooper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Brewers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty
flied out to left; Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Money popped to catcher in foul territory; Bando
grounded out (third to first); Lezcano popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Thornton grounded out (pitcher to first); Blanks
walked; Kendall flied out to center; Manning singled to right
[Blanks to third]; Kuiper flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Quirk struck out; Wohlford flied out to right;
Moore singled to center; Joshua flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Norris flied out to center; Grubb grounded out
(pitcher to first); Carty singled to center; Bell forced Carty
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers
0.

BREWERS 4TH: Yount flied out to left; Cooper grounded out
(shortstop to first); Money flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Blanks
singled to left; Kendall flied out to left; Blanks stole second;
Manning struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Bando struck out; Lezcano singled to left; Lezcano
stole second; Quirk flied out to right; Wohlford walked; Moore
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper lined to second; Norris singled to center;
Grubb walked [Norris to second]; Norris was caught stealing
third (catcher to third) [Grubb to second]; Carty grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Joshua popped to third in foul territory; Yount
flied out to center; Cooper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Thornton struck
out; Blanks singled to left; Kendall singled to left [Blanks to
third]; Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Money grounded out (pitcher to first); Bando flied
out to left; Lezcano flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Kuiper singled to center; Norris out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Kuiper to second]; Grubb was walked
intentionally; Carty flied out to left; Bell forced Kuiper
(third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 8TH: Quirk struck out; HEGAN BATTED FOR WOHLFORD; Hegan
was called out on strikes; Moore popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 9TH: BRYE REPLACED HEGAN (PLAYING LF); LOWENSTEIN BATTED
FOR THORNTON; Lowenstein was called out on strikes; Blanks
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers
0.

BREWERS 9TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NORRIS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Joshua made an out to third;
Yount struck out; Cooper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 10TH: Manning was called out on strikes; Kuiper grounded
out (second to first); Norris grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 10TH: Money was hit by a pitch; Bando out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Money to second]; Lezcano grounded out
(pitcher to first); Quirk was walked intentionally; Brye forced
Quirk (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Brewers 0.

INDIANS 11TH: Grubb singled to left; Carty grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Grubb out at
second]; Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 11TH: MCMULLEN BATTED FOR MOORE; McMullen flied out to
center; Joshua flied out to center; Yount singled to center;
Yount stole second; Cooper was walked intentionally; Money flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 12TH: HANEY REPLACED MCMULLEN (PLAYING C ); Lowenstein
singled to right; Blanks reached on an error by Haney on a
sacrifice bunt [Lowenstein to third, Blanks to second]; DUFFY
RAN FOR BLANKS; Kendall hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Lowenstein scored (unearned), Duffy to third]; MCCLURE REPLACED
SLATON (PITCHING); Manning hit into a double play (left to
catcher) [Duffy out at home]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 12TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); KERN REPLACED
ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); Bando tripled to right; Lezcano walked;
LAROCHE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); HEIDEMANN BATTED FOR QUIRK;
Heidemann walked [Lezcano to second]; Brye grounded into a
double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Lezcano to third,
Heidemann to second, Bando out at home]; Haney struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 0.